Chapter Seven
The body on the narrow bed rolled onto the other side, groaning sleepily as it did so. The morning light glared against the closed eye lids, making it hard to stay comfortable and asleep. Reva slowly opened her eyes, squinting heavily as the sun poured into the room. She half sat up on the bed and looked around. She was still in Sheppard's quarters although he was already gone.
Gradually, Reva managed to untangle herself from the sheets and dress herself. As she watched her face she heard the faint crackle of life from her radio. She could hear the faint whisper of a voice but could not tell what it said or who was speaking. Reva walked to table beside the bed and placed it in her ear.
"Hello?"
"Reva, it's Weir, can you come down to the briefing room immediately please."
"Sure, I'll be right there," Reva said instantly before turning the radio off.
Without wasting any more time, Reva made her way down to the briefing room, ignoring some of the stares she got. When she entered, her walking slowed, noticing that Elizabeth, Sheppard's team and Lorne's teams were also present. Reva quickly took the only empty seat which was beside Lorne.
"Now that we're all here, we can start," Elizabeth said clearly.
A looked passed between Reva and John. She couldn't quite tell what it said though. His facial expression was passive and difficult to read. She knew her fears had now been realised. She felt her stomach sink as she knew it was over between them. She had caused too much trouble, made him cover for her too much. He couldn't do it anymore.
"I want to start with saying that I know tempers were high yesterday when Major Lorne's team returned and I want it known now that things in here will stay civilised."
Everyone at the table nodded silently. "Good," Elizabeth said with a slight nod. "Now Major, why don't you tell me what happened yesterday."
Lorne sat up straight in the black chair he occupied and he cleared his throat. "We went to P6X-662 as you know and at first, everything went smoothly. The locals were helpful and gave us great answers to all our questions. We asked about any Wraith activity on the planet. A couple of the people hesitated but I didn't think anything of it at the time. They told us there hadn't been much since the last culling, which was of course a lie.
"They told us about an abandoned building that lay in the forest on the other side of the Stargate. I immediately told them to stay where they were and take shelter. We checked the place out. It was larger than they had described. There was no one inside and nothing that seemed out of the ordinary until Reva found some Ancient writing on the wall and Smith found a cylinder bomb just out the back door."
"What did the Ancient writing say?" Teyla asked softly.
Lorne shrugged. "I don't know but I gave it to McKay to translate."
"McKay?" Sheppard questioned.
"Oh, right," McKay said as though coming back to the conversation. "The entire thing says: There is one truth. The Ancients have failed. Our masters will rise and claim what is rightfully ours."
"And all of that means what exactly?" asked Ronon looking at McKay.
"I don't quite know," McKay said quickly. "But it is more than safe to say that these people were Wraith worshipers. The actual message itself... I don't know if it has any meaning."
"You don't think it's some divine prophecy though, right?" Sheppard asked slowly.
"Divine prophecy?" McKay said in disbelief. "No, I highly doubt that. These worshipers did whatever they were told and not only that, they would take it upon themselves to build shrines and spread their messages, even in places that seemed insignificant to others."
"We didn't learn what they were until after the bomb went off," Lorne said continuing his account. "It was lucky Smith even looked out the back. Reva attempted to translate some of the words but could only get a few of them. We ran, the building exploded and we then saw Wraith guards coming for us along with humans from the village we visited. All of them started shooting at us and we ran straight for the gate. Linkins and Reva had words with each other while the battle went on which didn't help matters, we came through the gate and you know the rest."
"Alright, good," Elizabeth said quietly before looking at Lorne. "I know Reva has apologised to you and Linkins. Are you alright with leaving the team as is?"
Lorne nodded slowly. "For the moment, yes."
It was silent for a moment before it was broken by Sheppard's sigh. "What are we going to do about the village and the Wraith worshipers? Surely, we can't let them continue what they're doing."
"What should we do?" Elizabeth asked quickly. "They're still human beings. I know we don't agree with their choices but if they change their minds in any way on the deal they've made with the Wraith, all of them will be killed."
"I agree," Teyla said quickly. "I don't think we should do anything until attacked first."
"Do you think they'd come after us?" Sheppard asked Teyla.
Her head tilted faintly. "You mean the worshipers? No, I doubt they'd do anything unless told. But we do need to be prepared. Just in case."
"I think that's it then," said Elizabeth after a few moments of silence. Everyone in the room appeared to be in deep thought, perhaps worried at the prospect of things to come.
A slow three weeks later, Reva stood at the Stargate, ready to leave. She watched the shimmering blue event horizon and smiled inwardly. Part of her didn't want to leave this magnificent city although it was her choice.
Reva knew she had caused much trouble around here. She would return one day and join her brother and his allies' side once again but at the moment the timing was wrong. Reva knew she had a temper; both Ronon and John had let her know it several times. Revan always instantly wondered if this was the reason she managed to get herself into trouble.
When she had informed everyone on her leaving, she had received nothing but silence. She had expected something a little more substantial but perhaps they were thinking it, or wanting it, either way, Reva didn't ask about what they wanted her to do. The one thing she felt bad about those, other than her short temper moments, was her short notice on her leaving.
It was something she had been thinking about for a little while, since returning from the last mission that went horribly wrong. It had caused too many problems. She managed to get the distrust of her teams, other teams and the man she had been seeing. She also managed to put his career on the line. That wasn't something she wanted to do. It wasn't far to him.
He stuck up for her several times, even when he shouldn't have. Ronon did too but with him it was different. They were siblings and not from Earth. They would always have different ways of doing and settling things.
Ronon disagreed with her decision to leave though. He knew she had looked up to him since they were just kids and he saw this decision as weak, something that a leader would never do. But Reva couldn't see eye to eye with him on this. She and Ronon may be related but she was never going to be exactly like him.
The first time she spoke with John alone after telling them her decision, he immediately asked if he was the reason she was leaving. She lied and said no. Well, it was only half true. He was part of the reason she was leaving, but certainly not the only.
The conversation with Lorne didn't go much better. He had asked a similar question although different context. Reva found it endearing. Lorne was probably the only person on the base that accepted her without any hesitations, other than Ronon, of course.
When several footsteps echoed from behind her, Reva turned and faced them. Reva felt as though she should at least say something more, if only to break the awkward silence she currently felt. Hesitantly, Reva approached Lorne first. She smiled at him and he returned it.
"I'm sorry for the short notice," she said, the words sounding familiar. "I do plan on returning but I don't know when that'll be. Perhaps when I managed to stop causing trouble or am able to keep my temper in check."
"Your place on the team will remain," Lorne said quietly.
"Thank you," Reva said instantly. "You've been very kind. You sometimes overlooked things which shouldn't have been and on the last mission, I was the one who wanted to go into that building, ignoring the consequences. I almost got all of us killed."
Lorne opened his mouth to retort but Reva held her hand up to silence him. "No," she said firmly. "I know and I appreciate everything."
Lorne bowed his head to the side politely and Reva moved along. She stood in front of John. "Colonel..." she whispered. "As I've told you before, I do appreciate everything you've done for me too. I hope things can reverse themselves when I return."
"I wish you well, and I mean that," John said in a quiet tone that no one else could hear.
Reva leaned forwards and kissed him on the cheek before turning and walking towards the open gate. Half way there though she stopped as there was a tugging on her sleeve, it was Ronon. He brought her forwards roughly into a hug. Reva smiled against his chest and exhaled in a chuckle.
"I should be going with you," Ronon said firmly.
"No, you shouldn't," Reva said quickly. "We have found each other again and there will always be a second chance for us. We know we're alive and we know how to find each other. I won't be gone for long. And if get into any trouble I'll see to it that you are the first to know about it."
Reluctantly, Ronon released his sister from his tight grip. Reva turned briefly and mouthed a thank you to Elizabeth before turning back to the gate. Just before entering though she stopped the sound of Ronon's voice.
"Stay away from the Genii," he ordered firmly.
Reva turned her head and gave him a smile and a nod before looking away. An uneasy silence fell upon the gate room as they watched her disappear in the blue horizon. No one had a good feeling about the future here.
A/N: This story is written a little different to my other ones and I just thought I'd try something knew. I know the main character doesn't have much development and is possibly considered a mary-sue in some aspects and I'm okay with that. It's how she's meant to be written. Thank you for reading.